Queensland council elections – map progress

Queensland goes to the polls to elect their local councils on March 19. I'm currently working on my guide to the Brisbane City Council election...

How hard is it to go your own way voting in the Senate?

In the last few days, I've been involved in a lot of discussions about Senate reform, and many times I've had people insist that voters...

Refuting self-interested garbage in the SMH

In yesterday's Herald, Heath Aston ran an 'exclusive' publishing supposed modelling from a couple of so-called "veteran players in minor party preference negotiations" claiming that...

Fixed four year terms across Australia

I'm currently working on my guide for the Brisbane City Council election, as well as updating my ward map of Queensland, both for the...

Senate voting reform looks set to go ahead

According to a report in this morning's Guardian, the Coalition, the Greens and Nick Xenophon appear close to an agreement on Senate voting reform....

Ireland 2016 – map available

I was requested to update my Irish constituency map for the upcoming general election. I'm not planning any further coverage of the Irish election,...

NSW and WA redistributions – updated maps

We are now nearing the end of the federal redistribution process which precedes the next federal election. We had redistributions in New South Wales, Western...

NSW council amalgamations – proposals released

The NSW government has released its plans for council amalgamations following a lengthy of period of reviews and submissions by local councils. The government is...

WA state redistribution – map finalised

It's a couple of weeks late, but I've now completed my Google Earth boundary map of the new WA state electoral boundaries. Download the map...

North Sydney by-election – results wrap

The Liberal Party has retained the seat of North Sydney at Saturday's by-election despite a substantial swing on primary votes. At the time of writing,...